On October 15, 1969, she was driving to Sacramento's Metropolitan Airport to pick up
Fred MacMurray and his wife,
June Haver, when the steering in the rental car she was driving locked. The car plunged into a concrete culvert, resulting in the death of
Art Lund's wife, Kathleen, and injury to another passenger and herself. She required plastic surgery and suffered internal injuries. She settled in 1973 with Lund for $40,000, and lost her suit with the Ford Motor Company.